Cling-pit attachment for hand pitters



April 7, 1925. v 1,532,458

J. B. WHIPPLE CLING PIT ATTACHMENT FOR HAND PITTERS Filed July 19, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l April 7, 1925.- 7 1,532,458

J. B. WHIPPLE CLING PIT ATTACHMENT FOR HAND PITTERS F ileg quly 19. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 7, 1925 JAMES B. WHIPILE, 015 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GLING-PIT ATTACHMENT FOR HAND PITTERS.

To all whom it may con Angeles, in the county Application filed July 19, 1924. Serial No. 726,982.

B. WHIIPLE, a residing at Los of Los Angeles and .6 State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cling-Pit Attachments for Hand Pitters, lowing is a specificatio attachment for hand of the novel features This is a cling pit pitters and consists of which the folherein shown, described and claimed.

An object is to make an attachment to be used in connection with the hand pitter invented by Herbert L.

filed May Cummins,

31, 1923, #642,565, and assigned to me, the

attachment being adap ted for removing the its from cling stone peaches and the like. Other objects and'advantages will appear from the drawings and specification.

The drawings illustrate the construction and operation of the in connection with the cling pit attachment hand pitter.

Figure 1 is a horizontalv sectional detail on the line 1-1 of Fig.

wardly as indicated by 2 and looking downthe arrows.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation looking in the direction indicated by the arrows 2 in Figs. 1 and 4.-

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and looking downwardly as indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation as indicated by the arrows 4 in Figs. 1

Figs. 5,-

Fig. 2 and the operation at vari with the hand pitter.

and 2.

6 and are views analogous to on a reduced scale and s owing ous stages in connection Fig. 8 is a section taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6. The

adapted to be mounted 2 and secured in p housing 4 has parallel details of construction and operation shown in the drawings The base 1 is flat on are as follows:

the bottom and is upon a table or bench lace'by bolts 3. The

sides 5 and6 and a top 7 connecting the sides 5'and 6. Ears 8 extend outwardly from the ends of the sides 5 and 6 and are secured to the base 1 by cap screws 9. A gear mounted against the inner face 5 and upon the base 1.

rack 10 is slidingly of the side A second gear rack 11 is slidingly mounted against-the inner face of the side 6 parallel with the rack 10 and spaced upwardly from the base 1. A

cross head 12 connects the rear'end of the racks 10 and 11 and slides upon the upper face of the base 1. An arm 13 extends backwardly from the cross head 12 a considerable distance and a retractile coil spring 14 connects the rear end of the arm 13 to an car 15 extending upwardly from the rear end of the base 1. A shaft 16 is journaled at its lower end in the base 1 and a gear 17 is fixed upon the shaft 16 and meshes with the rack 10. A second shaft 18 is journaled in a bearing 19 and has a gear 20 meshing with the rack 11. The gear 20 has a concentric slot 21 through which the shaft 16 extends; said slot describing substantially half a circle so that the shafts 16 and 18 may be comparatively close together and the gears 17 and 20 in overlapping planes. The shafts 16 and 20 both extend through the top 7 and have couplings 22 upon their upper ends. A bearing block 23 extends upwardly from the top 7. A shaft 24 is mounted to slide endwise through the bearing block 23. An expansive coil spring 25 is mounted upon the front end of the shaft 24 against th bearing block 23. A lever 26 is mounted in a bifurcation 27 of the bearing block 23 upon a pin 28, there being a plurality of openings 29 through the lever to receive the pin 28 so that the lever may be adjusted up and down. A link 30 connects the lower end of the lever 26 to an ear 31 upon the arm 13. A pin 32 is inserted through a desired one of the openings 33 in the rear end of the shaft'24 and through a slot 34 in the upper end 0 the lever 26 so as to adjustably connect the lever 26 to the shaft 24 and so that when the shaft 24 is reciprocated endwise the racks 10 and 11 are reciprocated to operate the gears 17 and 20 and rock the shafts 16' and18.

A supporting arm 35 extends upwardly and forwardly from the bearing block 23 and a head 36 is secured against the front end of the arm- 35 by cap screws 37. Bearing members 38 and 39 are connected to the head 36 by pivots 40 and 41 so that the bearing members 38 and 39 may swing members 38 and 39 up and down.- The forref jaws back of the edges 58 and 59.

mally the separators 49 and 50 fit againstthe ward edges 43 of the members 38 and 39 are beveled toward each other and forwardly. Separators 44 and 45 are mounted upon the top 7 in vertical alinement with the members 38 and 39 and have beveled edges46 similar to the edges 43, there being a space 47 between the members 38 and 39 and a similar space 48 between the members 44 and 45, the spaces 47 and 48 being in vertical 'alinement.

Bowed separators 49 and 50 have their lower ends connected to the couplings 22 and their upper ends journaled in the members 38 and 39.

The forward end of the shaft 24 has a vertical slot 51 extending backwardly a considerable distance and a horizontal slot 52 extending crosswise of the slot 51 and about half the length of the slot 51. A head 53. is slidingly mounted in the slot 51 andextends upwardly and downwardly beyond the periphery of the shaft 24 and fits against the forward end of the spring 25, the tension of the spring being exerted to move the head 53 forwardly. A pin 54 is fixed through the head 53 in the slot 52 to limit the backward movement of the head 53. Jaws 55 and 56 extend forwardly from the'head 53, there being a vertical space 57 between the jaws and in line with the spaces 47 and48. The forward edges 58 and 59 of thejaws 55 and 56 are concaved in elevation and are beveled toward the spaee57, and bulges 60 and 61 are formed upon the Norjaws 55 and 56 behind the bulges 60 and 61. The edges 43 and 46 are slightly in front of the edges 58 and 59.

The jaws 62 and are thin and the tween the jaws 62 and 63 and the pitter operated to close the jaws, thereby cutting themeat orpulp 66 all the way around substantially to the pit- 67, the jaws 62 and 63 being arched to pass around the pit and hold the pit. Then the hand pitter carrying the peach is moved into position for the jaws 62 and 63 to pass into the space 57 with the edges 58 and 59 close to the sides of the jaws so that as the hand pitter carrying the peach is advanced the edges 58 and 59 will enter the cut in the meat and spread the faces 68 and 69 apart. Still urther advancement of the hand pitter and peach will cause the spring 25 to yield and the bulges 60 and 61 will pass between the separators 49 and 50 and the separators will pass along the faces 68 and 69 toward the pit 67. Still further operation of the hand pitter and peach will cause the pin 54 to engage the bottom of the slot 52 and move the shaft 24 backwardly, thereby operatingthe lever 26 to operate the racks 10 and 11 and rotate the separators 49 and 50 63 of the hand pitter 64 peach 65 is placed be.- r

outwardly and forwardly around the pit 67,

thereby pressing the meat away from the pit and cutting and tearing the meat from the pit until the two halves of the meat 66 will fall or may be moved, while the pit 67 is held by the jaws 62 and 63 until the hand pitter is withdrawn and the pit released. Then another peach may be applied and the operation repeated. In this operation it is intended that the stem end of the peach shall be toward the edges 58 and 59 and the recess around the stem will serve as a guide for starting the operation of tearing the meat from the pit. If the peach is large enough the edges 43 and 46 will enter the cut in the peach at the same time as the edges 58 and 59, and if the peaches are overly large the head 36 may be adjusted upwardly, and if the pits are of unusual size or shape the, bowed separators 49 and 50 may spring outwardly and the members 38 and 39 swing upon the pivots 40 and 41.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

1 claim:

1. The combination with a hand pitter having arched jaws adapted to out the meat of a peach and grip the pit, of means adapted to enter the cut and press. the two halves of the meat apart and remove the meat from the pit.

2. The combination with a hand pitter adapted to split the meat of a peach in two parts and grip the pit, of meansrigidly mounted and adapted to receive the points .of the hand pitterjaws and enter the cut and spread-the halves of the meat of the peach apart and remove them from the pit.

.3. The combination with a hand pitter adapted to cut the meat of a peachin two parts and grip the pit, of an attachment rigidly mounted and adapted to receive the hand pitter and peach, and having separators adapted to enter the cut in the peach meat and pass around thepit to remove the meat from the pit.

4. The combination with a hand pitter having jaws adapted to cut the meat of a peach and grip the pit, of an attachment rigidly mounted'and adapted to receive the points of the jaws and having edges close to the sides of the jaws to enter the cut in the peach, and having bowed separators beside the edges to enter the cut and swing outwardly around the pit to separate the meat from the pit.

5. The combination with a ha-nd pitter having jaws adapted to 'cut the meat of a peach and grip the pit, of an attachment rigidly mounted and having edges between which the points of the jaws will slide, so that the edges will enter the cut in the meat, and having bowed separators adapted to be operated by pressing the edgesback'wardly and adapted to swing outwardly around the pit to separate the meat from the pit.

6. In an attachment for hand pitters, upper and lower means having edges with spaces between the edges, the upper means being pivoted to allow the edges to swing to and from each other, an intermediate means yieldingly mounted and having edges in line with the upper and lower edges, and bowed separators rotatably mounted at the sides of the intermediate means andadapted to be operated by pressing the intermediate means backwardly.

7. In an attachment for hand pitters, upper and lower means, having edges with spaces between the edges, the upper means being pivoted to allow the edges to swing to and from each other, an intermediate means yieldingly mounted and having edges in line with the upper and lower edges, and bowed separators rotatably mounted at the sides of the intermediate means and adapted to be operated by pressing the intermediate means baekwardly, the upper means being adapted for vertical adjustment,

8. In an attachment for hand pitters, upper and lower means having edges with spaces between the edges, the upper means being pivoted to allow the edges to swing to and from each other, an intermediate means yieldingly mounted and having edges in line with the upper and lower edges, and bowed separators rotatably mounted at the sides of the intermediate means and adapted to be operated by pressing the intermediate means baekwardly, there being gears and racks for operating the bowed separators and a lever connection between the racks and the intermediate means so that when a hand pitter carrying a peach is pressed against the intermediate means the bowed separators will be operated.

In testimony "whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JAMES B. \VHIPPLE. 

